Alexander Hammid

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Alexander Hammid was a Czech-American filmmaker and cinematographer known for his influential work in documentary and avant-garde cinema, including collaborations with directors like Frank Capra.

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instanceOf avant-garde filmmaker
cinematographer
documentary filmmaker
film director
person
alternateName Alexandr Hackenschmied
Alexandr Hammid
birthName Alexander Hackenschmied
collaboratedWith Frank Capra
Herbert Kline
Joris Ivens
Maya Deren
Pare Lorentz
Willard Van Dyke
countryOfCitizenship Czechoslovakia
United States of America
fieldOfWork avant-garde film
cinema
documentary film
genre documentary film
experimental film
short film
knownFor documentary realism
experimental narrative techniques
innovative cinematography
movement American documentary film movement
avant-garde cinema
name Alexander Hammid
nationality American
Czech
notableWork Crisis: A Film of the Nazi Way
Library of Congress film on the Bill of Rights
Meshes of the Afternoon
Night Mail
The City
The Forgotten Village
The Plow That Broke the Plains
The Private Life of a Cat
The River
To Be Alive!
U.S. World’s Fair pavilion films
Valley Town
occupation cinematographer
film director
film editor
filmmaker
spouse Hella Heyman
Maya Deren
workedIn Czechoslovakia
United States of America

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Why We Fight (film series) coDirector Alexander Hammid
Alexander Hammid name Alexander Hammid